extraterrestrial

English

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Etymology

extra- +‎ terrestrial

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˌɛkstrətɚˈɛstriəl/
• (UK) IPA: /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛst.ɹi.əl/

• CA synth

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• Hyphenation: extra‧terrestrial

Adjective

extraterrestrial (comparative more extraterrestrial, superlative most extraterrestrial)

1. Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.

Translations

originating from outside of the Earth

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Arabic: قائِمٌ خارِجَ الأرْض (ar) (qaa’im khaarij al-’arD) Catalan: extraterrestre (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 地球外的 (cmn) (dìqiúwài de) Croatian: vanzemaljski (hr), izvanzemaljski (hr) Czech: mimozemský (cs) m. Dutch: buitenaards (nl) Esperanto: ekstertera (eo) Finnish: maapallon ulkopuolinen French: extraterrestre (fr) Galician: extraterrestre (gl) German: außerirdisch (de), extraterrestrisch (de) Greek: εξωγήινος (el) (exogíinos) m.

Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu) Italian: estraterrestre sg., estraterrestri pl. Japanese: (adn.) 地球外 (ja) (ちきゅうがい, chikyūgai) Korean: 지구밖 (ko) (jigubakk) Latin: (Modern Latin) extraterrestrialis, extraterrestris, (Classical Latin) extra terram Norwegian: utenomjordisk (no) Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt) Romanian: extraterestru (ro) Russian: инопланетный (ru) (inoplanétnyj), внеземной (ru) (vnezemnój) Spanish: extraterrestre (es); alienígena (es) Swedish: utomjordisk (sv) Turkish: uzaylı (tr), dünya dışı (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

extraterrestrial (plural extraterrestrials)

1. A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:extraterrestrial

Related terms

• ET

Translations

a being originating from outside of the Earth

Chinese: Mandarin: 外星人 (cmn) (wàixīngrén) Croatian: vanzemaljac (hr) m., izvanzemaljac (hr) m. Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m. Finnish: avaruusolento (fi), avaruusolio (fi) French: extraterrestre (fr) m. and f. Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m. German: Außerirdischer (de) m., Außerirdische (de) f.

Greek: εξωγήινος (el) (exogíinos) m. Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu), űrlény (hu) Japanese: 宇宙人 (ja) (uchūjin) (うちゅうじん), 異星人 (ja) (iseijin) (いせいじん) Norwegian: utenomjordisk skapning (no) m. Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt) m. and f. Russian: инопланетянин (ru) (inoplanetjánin) m. Swedish: utomjording (sv) n. (utomjordling (sv))

See also

• alien
• angel
• celestial
• extraplanetary being
• extradimesional being
• intra-planetary being
• off-planet personality
• spirit guide
• spirit
• star visitor
• time traveler
• little green man